Welcome to Looe Old Cornwall Society.
Founded: 1927
Colours: Red, White & Green
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We meet at St Martin’s Hall, St Martin’s Rd, Looe PL13 1FA, where there is ample free parking. Meetings start at 2.30 pm and end around 4.30 pm after tea and home-made cake.
Annual membership subscription is £10; non-members are very welcome, at a charge of £2 per meeting.
Additional social activities will include a lunch at a Looe hotel, boat trips to Polperro and up the West Looe River, a train ride on the Looe Valley line, with a walk round Liskeard guided by Brian Oldham. These are usually only open to members, but there may be spaces available.
You don’t have to be old or Cornish to join or attend!
President: John Little
Speaker Secretary: Marilyn King
Minutes and Membership Secretary: Norma Dobinson
Social Secretary: Judy Lewis
Treasurer and Membership: Peter King
Recorder & Archivist: Mark Camp (From March 2025)
Committee Members: Peter King, Carole Day, Molly Boxall
Leader Mark Camp A Walk around Looe, easy walking on hard surfaces. Start St Nicholas Church, finish at the museum Contact details - walkaboutwest@btinternet.com Tel 01503 273060
Leader – John Little “Georgian Looe” meet at 11.00 am at the bus shelter at Hannafore, West Looe. The walk lasts approximately two hours, and looks at Looe as it would have appeared to Thomas Bond, who published a history of the town in 1823. There are some hills, and inevitably parts of more modern […]
Photo: By Original author unknown, fl 17th century. Scanned by me 2008-07-05. - A 17th century map, reproduced in Bracken: A History of Plymouth, 1931, opp. p126., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4329096
Details TBC
Ample free parking. Tea and home-made cake Visitors welcome, admission £2
Booking required: mark@walkaboutwest.co.uk Meet at the entrance to St Martin’s Cemetery, East Looe, PL13 1NX. Free parking and toilets are available at St Martin’s Hall. The older parts of the cemetery are on uneven ground, so good footwear required.